VIDEO: Lotus T127 launch & shakedown
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | 1 Comment »Lotus Racing have provided some behind the scenes footage of the launch of their new Lotus Cosworth T127. There's three clips in all and they can be seen below. The first Lotus in Formula One since the mid 90s was ...
Lotus unveils 2010 F1 car
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | 2 Comments »Overnight Lotus Racing unveiled their 2010 Formula One racecar, the Lotus Cosworth T127. Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer, spoke at the launch and here's a bit of what he had to say, “The last few months have been some of the ...
2010 Lotus F1 car captured ahead of official reveal
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | 4 Comments »Autosport.com have published what they are describing as the first image of the new Lotus F1 car. The photo was captured on Tuesday during the team's shakedown at Silverstone. Speaking on twitter, Team Principal, Tony Fernandes stated, "Shakedown started. ...
Lotus in Formula One
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | 3 Comments »The return of Lotus to Formula One in 2010 is a bitter sweet scenario for many. The much revered icon of British motorsport is now heavily backed by outside influences with Malaysian ownership under the watch of Proton since 1994. ...
Lotus F1 signs Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | No Comments »Lotus F1 announced today that Italy's Jarno Trulli and Finland's Heikki Kovalainen will form their main driving team in 2010. Malaysia's Fairuz Fauzy will fill the test driver's role. Team Principal, Tony Fernandes, said in a statement released by Lotus ...
Google Street View takes on Lotus test track
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Posted in Lotus | No Comments »The chaps at Lotus have invited one of the Google Street View fleet to do a few laps around their test track at Hethel near Norwich. This is the first race track in the UK to be captured by Street ...
Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racer
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 Posted in Lotus | No Comments »Lotus have turned their "luxury" tourer, the Evora, into an out and out racer. The Type 124 (one twenty four) meets full FIA racing specifications and has been designed for endurance racing. There is a reasonably extensive factory backed calendar ...
Lotus Evora - Australian specs and pricing
Monday, June 8th, 2009 Posted in Lotus | 2 Comments »The Lotus Evora is now available for Australian order. To help its customers go through the decision making process Lotus Australia have released pricing and specification details. The first bit of news is quite good. List pricing, before statutory and delivery ...
Lotus Exige Cup 260 takes on Targa
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Lotus, Targa Tasmania | 4 Comments »Dean Evans will be gladly flogging the bejeezus out of a Lotus Exige Cup 260 in the Targa Tasmania event later this month. With 192kW at their disposal, and just 890kg of car to move around it's pretty safe to say ...
MIMS 2009 - Best of the rest
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lotus, Motor Shows, Suzuki, Toyota | No Comments »Here is one last wrap up of images from the media day at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show. There's pics from Honda (Insight, Civic Type R), Hyundai (i10 Blue, i30 Blue, Genesis Coupé), Kia (Soul), Lotus (Europa SE), Suzuki (Alto), ...
MIMS 2009 - Lotus Evora
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Lotus, Motor Shows | 3 Comments »Jonathan Stretton, Lotus General Manager Sales and Marketing was "excited and delighted" to reveal the "most significant" all new model from Lotus in over 10 years. He was speaking about the Lotus Evora, of course. Australian pricing for the 3.5 ...
